Ice-delivering- device



Dec. 22, 1925- F. E. WEGENER iCE DELIVERING DEVICE 2 SheetsSheet 1 Filed May 11, 1925 Dec. 1925- l 1,566,514 F. E. WEGENER ICE DELIVERING DEVICE- Filed May 11, 1925 2, Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 22, 1925. v

U ITED STATES,

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FERDINAND ERNST wEeENEn, or SHERMAN, TEXAS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND ERNST Wnennnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ice-Delivering Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for conveying and delivering ice from the storage room to the delivery platform when delivery to the consumer is desired.

It is an object of the invention to provlde a delivery apparatus by means of which a block of ice of the desired size may be moved from the storage chamber to the delivery platform without the necessity of entering the storage chamber to obtain it, thus economizing in time and. in material.

It is desired that separate racks or chutes be provided for the various sizes of ice blocks which are ordinarily'desired by the trade, and to so arrange the racks that the blocks may be delivered singly, as called for by the consumer. I

It is also an object that the device be arran ed to deliver ice rapidly with a saving in time and labor over the usual method.

The construction of the device is best understood by reference to the accompanylng drawings in which Fig. 1 is a' side elevation partly in longitudinal section illustrating a preferred form of my inventlon. Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation of a modified form of conveyor to be used if desired. Flg. 3 1s a broken top plan view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a broken section on the line 55 of Fig. 3. Like numerals of reference designate like parts in all the views.

The device is adapted for use at ice storage houses to assist in delivering blocks of the desired, size from the closed storage chamber. The wall of the storage chamber 1 is designated at 2 in Fig. 3. Within the storage chamber is a rack or chute to receive blocks of ice 3. The said chute comprises a pair of longitudinal supports 4 mounted upon a plurality of spaced uprights 5, 6, 7. On the supports 4 is constructed a smooth trackway 8 of boards or sheet metal as desired, to furnish a slide for the ice.

At the upper ends of the uprights ar longitudinal tracks 9, which carry rods 10 'upon which run the grooved rollers 11 at the outer ends of cross members 12, upon ICE-DELIVERING DEVICE.

Application filed May 11, 1925. Serial 1%. 29,362. I

which is secured a longitudinal bar centrally above the ice chute. The said bar 13 being thus supported upon the rollers 11, is slidable longitudinally of the frame and it is contemplated that the same may be reciprocated to cause the movement of the ice blocks into position for delivery." The bar therefore has meansthereon. to. engage the ice and move the same toward the delivery end of the chute. These ice engaging devices comprise rods bent into a general V shape, as seen from the side, to

formpawls 14 adapted to drop into ice-engaging positlon. One end of the pawl therefore is hlnged at 15 to the lower side of the .bar. The other arm of the pawl is extended upwardly through openings 16 in the bar, 1 and provided with nuts 17 at the upper ends which are adaptedto engage the sides of the openings 16 and limit the downward movement of the pawl. The. openings 16 are of sufficient lengthlongitudinally of the bar to allow the up and. down movement described.

The pawls 14, as shown in Fig. 5, have two side arms extending downwardly and bent in toward the center to connect with the upwardly directed arm 18, which extends through the slots or openings 16, previously' described. The portion of the pawl engagto move the ice forwardly in its rack, or chute, evenly, as the device is operated.

The forward end. of the bar 13 is formed with a plate '19 thereon, said plate having two forward arms 20 which are recurved to provide a bearing to receive a cross pin21.

This pm furnishesa pivotal engagement for i the forward wall 2 of the storage chamber. The shaft extends through said wall and has journals 27 therein. It projects a short distance beyond the wall of the chamber and is provided with ,a'crank 28 by means of which it may be rotated. v g

Below the forward end of the rack, or chute 8, is a downwardly. inclined slideway ing the ice'is therefore of suflicient width beam 26 in the frame work of the device. This beam is connected at its one end with 29 shown best in Fig. 4. .This slideway extends at right angles to the chute andpass e's age chamber is provided with a door 32 which is hinged at 33 on its upper end and depends by gravity downwardly to close the opening, the weight of the door acting'to hold it firmly in closed position, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower end of the door is beveled to fit against the upper face of the slideway 29 so that there will be no passage of air about the door to or from the stor age chamber. This door is light enough so that an ordinary block of ice contacting with its inner face will force it outwardly into the dotted line positionshown in Fig. 41 to allow the passage of the block of ice. When the block has passed, the door will automatically swing back to close the opening.

Tn operating this device it is contemplated that an attendant w ithin the, ice storage chamber will cut the ice into blocks of the required size and supply them to the rack, or chute 8. In doing this, the pawls 14: will be raised into their elevated position, as shown in Fig, 1. This will be accomplished automatically as the blocks of me are inserted from the inner end of the rack.

' The pawl at the inner end of the rack will be in lowered position so as. to engageagainst the last of the series of blocks. When the operator desires a block of ice of the rej quired size, he will turn the crank 281311118 moving the bar 13 forwardly, and in doing so, the pawl 14 will engage the rearmost block of ice and move the series of blocks forward simultaneously, discharging the outer one from the rack on to the slideway 29. It will then be carried by gravity downwardly along the slideway and through the opening 30 to. the outer end of the chute above the platform 345. The operator will then remove the block of ice and the apparatus will be ready for a repetition of this operation. It is contemplated that there will be a plurality of theseracks, each rack having on it blocks of ice of a certain size, such as 25, 50 or 100 pound blocks from which the opeartor may remove a block or more, as is desired when the demand therefor arises.

While it is believed that the device just described will perform its function satisfactorily, it is contemplated that other means for moving the, block of ice along the chute orrack, may be provided, coming within the scope of my invention, and in Fig. 2 a. modified type of conveyor is shown. In the use of this, apparatus, it is to be understood that the chute or rack, and the slideway at the forward end thereof, will be constructed, as

has been described. The ice will be moved however, by means of a belt 35 mounted immediately above the rack and spaced slightbe moved. There may be oneof these arms for eacn block of ice, or there may be a fewer number, one of which may contact with the rearmost block, thus moving the series forwardly in the same manner as. was accomplished by the pawls 14-. By the use of this carrier, the blocks can be removed from the rack by the operator in the same manner as has been previously described.

The advantages of this type of construc-. tion he in its ease of operatlon and also in the saving of time to the operator. It is also clear that it will be, possible to keep the ice in storage until it is to. be delivered, and that it maybe then removed from the storagechamber with IlQ'lOSS due to the entrance of warm air to the storage chamber. block of ice may pass. from the storage chamber to the platform so quickly that no appreciable entrance of warm air to the chamber will take place. There will therefore be a large economy of ice in the use of the apparatus described. r

What I claim as new, and desire to. protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described including a closed ice storage chamber and a delivery platform adjacent thereto, the combination of an ice chute in said storage chamber and extending through the wall of said chamber, a swinging door above said chute in said wall, a recipro'cabl'e bar above.

said chute, a series of ice engaging pawls 011 said bar and means to reciprocate said bar for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the character described including an ice storage chamber and a de livery platform adjacent thereto, the combmation of an ice chute in said chamber extending through the wall of said chamber on to said platform, a bar above said chute, pivoted pawls on said bar adapted tov engage ice on said chute and means outside said chamberv to reciprocate said bar and move the ice on said chute.

3. In a device of the character described including a storage chamber for ice and a delivery platform adjacent thereto, the combination of a supporting rack adapted to receive blocks of ice, a slideway at the forward ically closing door for said opening, and

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means controlled by the operator to as; charge blocks of ice from said rack to said reciprocable bar above said rack having means thereon to engage the ice on said rack and move said ice toward said slideway gvhen desired, and means to reciprocate said ar. I a

5. In a device of the character described, a storage chamber, an ice supporting rack therein, a slideway adjacent the forward end of said rack extending through an opening in the wall of said chamber, an automatically-closing door for said opening, and

from said rack to said slideway.

means above said rack manually operated from without said chamber to move the ice 6. Ina device of the character described,

a storage chamber, an ice supporting rack,

therein, means operable from without said chamber to move the ice longitudinally of said rack, means to receive said ice and discharge it through an opening in the wall of said chamber, and means to close said openlng.

a storage chamber, an ice chute therein adapted to support blocks of ice thereon,

7. In a device of the character described,

means above said chute to engage the rea'rmost block'of ice, meansoutside said chamber to actuate said ice engaging means, and

means to'guide said ice from said chamber.;

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 2nd day of May A. D., 1925.

FERDINAND ERNST WEGENER. 

